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  • Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 9(2):34-37, 2018
  • Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis Caused by Tuberculosis Infection
  • Min-Jeong Bae, MD, Byung Joon Kim, MD, Kyong Jin Shin, MD, PhD
  • Department of Neurology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea
Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) due to tuberculosis is uncommon. A 65-year-old man presented with clinical and radiologic features of LETM. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis revealed prominent pleocytosis, increased protein, decreased glucose and increased adenosine deaminase. The patient was diagnosed with tuberculosis LETM and treated with steroid and anti-tuberculosis medications. His symptoms and neurologic deficits disappeared and follow-up whole-spine magnetic resonance imaging was normal. Tuberculosis meningitis should be considered in cases of LETM when the CSF profile of a patient with LETM is abnormal. Journal of Multiple Sclerosis 9(2):34-37, 2018
  • keyword : Myelitis transverse, Tuberculosis, Adenosine deaminase